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Let You Go (2024)
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diorama (2024)
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Medium Rarities (2018)
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American black and doom metal project formed in 2017, merging the cold malevolence of black metal with the glacial, suffocating heaviness of doom metal into a dismal and atmosphere-heavy sound.
Los Angeles death metal and grindcore band formed in 2017, beginning with a raw grindcore and death metal attack before evolving into a more death/black metal direction, combining brutality and ferocity throughout their catalog.
Tulsa, Oklahoma sludge and doom metal band formed in 2013, heaving through slow, punishing riffs that reflect the heavy, earthbound sound of the American South's underground sludge tradition.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana death metal and hardcore band formed in 2024, merging the brutality of death metal with the blunt aggression of hardcore in a style that fits naturally within Louisiana's long tradition of extreme underground music.
Massachusetts stoner, sludge, and doom metal band formed in 2021, combining fuzz-heavy psychedelic riffing with the slow, oppressive weight of doom and sludge metal across a densely layered sonic palette.
Seattle, Washington doom and stoner metal band formed in 2014, delivering plodding, fuzz-soaked heaviness that draws from the rich tradition of Pacific Northwest heavy music alongside the stoner and doom metal underground.
Springfield, Massachusetts crossover thrash band formed in 2011, playing fast and aggressive music at the intersection of thrash metal and hardcore punk, following in the tradition of East Coast crossover acts.
Nashua, New Hampshire death metal and hardcore band formed in 2024, channeling the short, aggressive intensity of deathcore and death-inflected hardcore punk into a raw and uncompromising sound.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sludge metal and hardcore band formed in 2011, channeling the dense, riff-heavy aggression of sludge alongside the blunt intensity of East Coast hardcore into a punishing and emotionally raw sound.
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